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Friday, 28 October 2011

Adding Fonts in Revit

Currently,
Revit supports all installed True Type®, ANSI fonts. If these fonts are loaded
you computer, you can use them in Revit.

To load fonts:

1.On the Windows
Control Panel, click Fonts.

2.Select File -
Install New Font.

3.Install the font on
the system.

For some True Type fonts, there are some problems
with text output into PDF files in Revit PDF Writer. The source of problem
is the older style TrueType fonts. Since the introduction of TrueType
technology, Adobe and Microsoft have made additional improvements and now
support OpenType fonts. For more information, read the article about OpenType fonts.

Tests indicate that newer OpenType fonts work better with Revit PDF
Writer. If you look in the Windows Fonts directory, you will see older
TrueType font files shown with the letter "T." OpenType
fonts are shown with "O." Most of fonts installed by Windows are now
OpenType

1 comment:

what about Intergraph/Bently Fonts? I mean in Microstation there are also some Bently font that are installed through src files.... can i read also this kind of fonts? I would like to export in DGN format but I cannot do this untill converting Revit Text in Microstation Text (Note that the above mentioned Font is called "3 ENGINEERING" in Microstation V8i)

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Scott Chatterton is the BIM and Quality Control Manager for HDR|CEI. Scott has over 25 years of industry experience and has a long history of using Autodesk products as an architectural technician, Autodesk-certified AEC instructor, CAD manager, and now as a BIM and Quality Control manager.
Scott has experience as an authorized, certified Instructor of the Revit and AutoCAD product line, specializing in architectural design, and is currently a certified professional in both Revit and AutoCAD and building performance analysis.
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